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FlashFind (v 1.12)
-=-=-=-=-
A desktop utility by Richard G. Hallas
for Archimedes World magazine
____________________________________________________
Here's a little caret utility, combining several
functions into one small application which can be
left permanently (and usefully!) installed on the
icon bar. It only requires 16K to operate, so it
doesn't waste much memory even on a 1Mb machine.
FlashFind has three main functions:
� Provides a means of locating the caret exactly
with the pointer.
� Makes the caret flash at a user-defined rate, so
it's much easier to find in large bodies of text.
� Colours the caret to any desktop colour of your
choice.
Double click to install the utility on the icon bar
in the usual way. The icon is somewhat narrower than
normal in order to be unobtrusive. Note that only
one copy of the application can be installed at a
time. The application provides on-line help via
Acorn's !Help (or !Spy) application.
Features
=========
� The Locator
--------------
Click on the icon bar icon. If there is no caret the
computer will beep, otherwise the window containing
the caret will appear in front of the other windows
and the pointer will zoom to the caret to show you
where it is. Sometimes a window can have the 'input
focus' without containing the caret. In such a case,
the window is brought to the front but the pointer
will not move.
In the case of the caret being outside the window's
displayed area, the pointer will go to the position
of the caret, even if this is beyond the current
bounds of the window. (This can be easily seen in
Edit, for example; if you toggle from full-screen
to a small window, the caret may then lie in an area
beyond that currently displayed by the small window.
In such a case, the pointer may move to another
application's window, or to the background. This is
not an error; it is the true position of the caret,
even though you can't actually see it.) If the caret
lies beyond the bounds of the screen itself, the
pointer will move to the edge of the screen and
slide to lie opposite the caret's horizontal (or
vertical) position. Therefore, the pointer cannot be
lost off the screen.
� The Flasher
--------------
Open the Options window from the icon's menu.
Selecting the 'Flash caret' icon will toggle the
blinking. The rate of blinking can be set by
entering new values into the writable icons. For
these to take effect you must either click on the
'Set period' icon, or you can simply press <RETURN>
or <ENTER> after typing in each new value.
� Colouring the caret
----------------------
There are two options here, either (but not both) of
which may be selected. To turn them both off, ADJUST
must be clicked on whichever is currently on. The
way the WIMP plots the caret is such that it appears
red on a white background. The first option keeps
this idea, but lets you choose the colour which is
used instead of red. This means that your chosen
colour appears on white, but not on any other colour
of background. The second option lets you force the
colour of the caret, so that your selected colour is
always used, regardless of the background colour.
The colour is easily selected by clicking on one of
the coloured rectangles in the Options window. The
selected colour has a small box drawn round it.
There are a couple of points to note about this
feature. Firstly, it only works in 16-colour modes.
Secondly, it is a constant battle against the WIMP
to make it use a different caret colour, so when
entering text (or moving the caret, depending on its
context), a certain amount of flicker is apparent.
However, it is not particularly obtrusive.
Unfortunately there is no way around this problem.
Further notes
--------------
The Options window contains a large 'dummy caret'
which displays the current state of the real one,
i.e. flash rate and base colour. The base colour may
not reflect the true colour of the caret if the
'force caret colour' option is not in use.
There is also a 'Save configuration' icon in the
Options window. Clicking on this will save all the
settings for future use; they will be set up
automatically each time the program is subsequently
loaded. If for some reason the Save fails, you will
be informed. Similarly, if the settings file is
absent or corrupted when you load the application in
the first place, you will be informed, and a set of
default parameters will be used.
For your interest, the reason I wrote this
application was that I had seen a couple of caret
flashers and a caret locator utility, but never a
combination of the two, which I thought was a fairly
obvious thing to do. Also, the flashers were not
very configurable; FlashFind, on the other hand,
will let you set the on and off periods of the blink
independently, down to a minimum value of a tenth of
a second. The caret colour option was an attempt to
combat the 'invisible caret' which you get on some
backgrounds. It's not perfect, but I think it's the
best that can be done.
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T| 00000410 68 65 20 4c 6f 63 61 74 6f 72 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |he Locator.-----| 00000420 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 43 6c 69 63 6b |---------..Click| 00000430 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 | on the icon bar| 00000440 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 | icon. 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In such a ca| 00000560 73 65 2c 0a 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 69 |se,.the window i| 00000570 73 20 62 72 6f 75 67 68 74 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |s brought to the| 00000580 20 66 72 6f 6e 74 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 | front but the p| 00000590 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 |ointer.will not | 000005a0 6d 6f 76 65 2e 0a 0a 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 |move...In the ca| 000005b0 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 72 65 74 20 |se of the caret | 000005c0 62 65 69 6e 67 20 6f 75 74 73 69 64 65 20 74 68 |being outside th| 000005d0 65 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 27 73 0a 64 69 73 70 6c |e window's.displ| 000005e0 61 79 65 64 20 61 72 65 61 2c 20 74 68 65 20 70 |ayed area, the p| 000005f0 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 67 6f 20 74 |ointer will go t| 00000600 6f 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 0a 6f |o the position.o| 00000610 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 72 65 74 2c 20 65 76 65 |f the caret, eve| 00000620 6e 20 69 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 62 65 79 |n if this is bey| 00000630 6f 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 6e 74 0a |ond the current.| 00000640 62 6f 75 6e 64 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 |bounds of the wi| 00000650 6e 64 6f 77 2e 20 28 54 68 69 73 20 63 61 6e 20 |ndow. 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This i| 00000770 73 0a 6e 6f 74 20 61 6e 20 65 72 72 6f 72 3b 20 |s.not an error; | 00000780 69 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 74 72 75 65 20 70 |it is the true p| 00000790 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 |osition of the c| 000007a0 61 72 65 74 2c 0a 65 76 65 6e 20 74 68 6f 75 67 |aret,.even thoug| 000007b0 68 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 61 63 74 75 |h you can't actu| 000007c0 61 6c 6c 79 20 73 65 65 20 69 74 2e 29 20 49 66 |ally see it.) 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The Fl| 000008c0 61 73 68 65 72 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |asher.----------| 000008d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 4f 70 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 4f |----..Open the O| 000008e0 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 66 72 |ptions window fr| 000008f0 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 27 73 20 6d 65 |om the icon's me| 00000900 6e 75 2e 0a 53 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |nu..Selecting th| 00000910 65 20 27 46 6c 61 73 68 20 63 61 72 65 74 27 20 |e 'Flash caret' | 00000920 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 6f 67 67 6c 65 |icon will toggle| 00000930 20 74 68 65 0a 62 6c 69 6e 6b 69 6e 67 2e 20 54 | the.blinking. T| 00000940 68 65 20 72 61 74 65 20 6f 66 20 62 6c 69 6e 6b |he rate of blink| 00000950 69 6e 67 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 65 74 20 62 |ing can be set b| 00000960 79 0a 65 6e 74 65 72 69 6e 67 20 6e 65 77 20 76 |y.entering new v| 00000970 61 6c 75 65 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 77 |alues into the w| 00000980 72 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 2e 20 46 |ritable icons. F| 00000990 6f 72 0a 74 68 65 73 65 20 74 6f 20 74 61 6b 65 |or.these to take| 000009a0 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 | effect you must| 000009b0 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e | either click on| 000009c0 20 74 68 65 0a 27 53 65 74 20 70 65 72 69 6f 64 | the.'Set period| 000009d0 27 20 69 63 6f 6e 2c 20 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 20 63 |' icon, or you c| 000009e0 61 6e 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 |an simply press | 000009f0 3c 52 45 54 55 52 4e 3e 0a 6f 72 20 3c 45 4e 54 |<RETURN>.or <ENT| 00000a00 45 52 3e 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 |ER> after typing| 00000a10 20 69 6e 20 65 61 63 68 20 6e 65 77 20 76 61 6c | in each new val| 00000a20 75 65 2e 0a 0a 85 20 43 6f 6c 6f 75 72 69 6e 67 |ue.... 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The.w| 00000af0 61 79 20 74 68 65 20 57 49 4d 50 20 70 6c 6f 74 |ay the WIMP plot| 00000b00 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 61 72 65 74 20 69 73 20 73 |s the caret is s| 00000b10 75 63 68 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 61 70 70 65 |uch that it appe| 00000b20 61 72 73 0a 72 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 77 68 69 |ars.red on a whi| 00000b30 74 65 20 62 61 63 6b 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 2e 20 54 |te background. T| 00000b40 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 |he first option | 00000b50 6b 65 65 70 73 0a 74 68 69 73 20 69 64 65 61 2c |keeps.this idea,| 00000b60 20 62 75 74 20 6c 65 74 73 20 79 6f 75 20 63 68 | but lets you ch| 00000b70 6f 6f 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 |oose the colour | 00000b80 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 0a 75 73 65 64 20 69 6e |which is.used in| 00000b90 73 74 65 61 64 20 6f 66 20 72 65 64 2e 20 54 68 |stead of red. Th| 00000ba0 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f |is means that yo| 00000bb0 75 72 20 63 68 6f 73 65 6e 0a 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 |ur chosen.colour| 00000bc0 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 73 20 6f 6e 20 77 68 69 74 | appears on whit| 00000bd0 65 2c 20 62 75 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e |e, but not on an| 00000be0 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 0a 6f |y other colour.o| 00000bf0 66 20 62 61 63 6b 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 2e 20 54 68 |f background. 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